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Inflation

Bessent Urges Fed to Wait Before Cutting Interest Rates

He frames the latest inflation jump as an energy shock that should fade.

Jeff Shell Steps Down as Paramount Skydance President After Lawsuit

Fed Officials Cite Iran War and AI Uncertainty in Case for Holding Rates

Gilt Yields Hit 18-Year High as February Borrowing Jumps, Tightening Reeves’s Options

Fresh Israeli Strikes, Iranian Retaliation Hit Gulf Energy as U.S. Sends Marines

Fed Holds Rates, Lifts 2026 Inflation Outlook as Oil Shock Darkens Path to Cuts

Oil Leaps Past $108 as Hormuz Disruptions and New Strikes Jolt Markets Before Fed

PP Extends Hold in Castilla y León as Vox Stalls and Podemos Craters

AI Upheaval Debated as Layoffs Hit, Markets Sway, and Services Firms Push Reskilling

Fed Signals Patience on Cuts as Australia’s Hot Inflation Lifts RBA Hike Odds

Fed Minutes Reveal Deep Split, Pushing First Likely Rate Cut to June

Argentina’s Central Bank Extends Dollar-Buying Streak as Reserves Top $45 Billion and Official Peso Sets Multi‑Month Low

Oil Jumps as Iran Talks Stall and Reports Flag Possible U.S. Intervention

Mexico Peso Holds Near 17.12 as Fed Minutes Loom and Argentina’s Official Dollar Falls on Carry Flows

U.S. Inflation Cools to 2.4% in January as Gas and Used-Car Prices Fall

Dollar Rebounds to R$5.23 Against Real as Pre‑Holiday Flows and Risk Aversion Lift Greenback

ECB Readies Wider Euro Backstops as Fed Signals Patience on Rates

Trump Nominates Kevin Warsh to Succeed Powell as Federal Reserve Chair

Fed Pauses Easing, Holds Rates at 3.50%–3.75% as Inflation Stays Elevated

Argentine Peso Strengthens to Two-Month Best as Central Bank Marks 10th Straight Dollar-Buying Session